Coal-storage apparatus.



n; ADAMSQ COl STORAGE APPARATUS.

PPLIFATIQI FILED OCT. l2. 1916. Mal-i..

H; ADAMS. COAL STRAGE APPARATUS.

[325995831 "Pf-Chmn FILED' DCT' 2' l9Mi- Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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UNIIED .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY ADAMS, OF NEW LONDON. CONNECTICUT. ASSIGNOR TO THE ADAMS COALMACHINERY COMPANY. OF NEW LONDOIL CONNECTICUT CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATIONOF COAL-STORAGE APPARATUS.

Application led October 12. 1X6.

LontlothA in tht- 'county ot New' London tutti State ot tfonnttiittut.huw* inrcntvt'l rortuin now :tuti ust-tui Iut|n-o\t*iut*nt inCoul-Storugu Appzirutus. oi whit-h tht* following is.:t specification.

Vlhiti inwntiou rolt-xiv to t-oul Ivins or pooltots` :intl tuoi-t*purtitfulurlv to .tptmrutus wherein tht* coul mtu ht loutlvtl :intluulotttltd with tht* lvzuzt in iuri' to tht* coul.

lin tht* storugt* ot' t'oul it has hvtouu* futiliu piohlein to so mort*tht* rotti tlutt tht* suine Can be huntilt-tl with tht* lvusthrvulttxgt* to tho Coal. lt has hwu 'touufl tlutt. tint* to thv weightotl tml :ttul tht* Colivvuitnct* of storing t'lu* suittt* in pilt*.`Vot' grunt ultittulu,

.the weight ot' tht* coul ultim* is Vitin-ioni: to

considerably frut'tui't* tht pint-tm' nwtr tht* l')0tt'01i'1`;'it hasfurthtu* lu*t*n fount'l thut when in theremornl of coultht* sunu istlruwn 'front the bottouLtht* ruhhing untl scrupintf of .tltc'piocvsupon ont* uuothfu is :ttcompuniotl with wry dotriuwntul ros-nits: :intlit.

i'tlnovttl of tht* tzoztlt'rtuu suth tutornitiu pilns be l't*:1tliluct'ouu'ilislwtl without tht* accompanying injuriou 1 ut'tion on ilu*hvttvr irutlvsor' lurgt* coul. To thiv tutti. u Stoi'uut* hin isploi'itlttl hitting- :t .unppliv tomi ut out* sith* for f *t*tliu trtht* von] to'tlu* hin. :t plu i'ztlit;y of imtllcs in suitl hin whithurt* lisn posvti :it various levelS-iu saliti hin :unl ol turyingvxtvnt. on which und hy nwuus ot which tht* con] is supportati toroliuve the lowvrly Situuttti portions oi. vcoal from the wright of tht*coul tuutrtl uhovt* it. :nul furtluu-utort* to tlvct'vusv. it nott*ntirt*l v prevvnt. tht* iujurou1- i*t*. ||lts :tm-oinpuuyiug tht`avulunching ol' coul whtui tht* stunt* is rumored Specification ofLetters Patent.

Puttntvtl Mul'. 1 9. 1918.

Serti-ti No. 125.1654

trout tht top. :tml :t dichurge nien'iher at; tht* uthvr tutti ol tht*hin for thv! removal of tht' voui.

Out* ot' the* nutin ftetituros otl the present intention iS tht* tht*hin. t

Thos@ :unl otht-.r fvutuluu. cupubilitivs tutti utlruntugvu of' tht*'invention will appmti trout tht* suhjoint-tl titscription ot specifictunhotliuouhI tht-rmi ilhbttuttvl in tht* uC- wotuptuti'iu;r thuwi'itgs.in which Figur@ 11i l u sottiouul tliutrt'tnunutit: View illnstt'tttingtht` rolutiw* position oi tht* tintin t*lt*nit*ut'.f ot ont* tmhotliuwntottht* prvsent, uppumtih. i

illustrutiug' tht* rt*lzttiie position oi the. intliIi *l *uu*nt;\l ot.-tnotht-r vnihotlinwnt of tho prost*nt iuvntion.

lu tht* tuuhotiinuuir I howu in Figs. l :unl 2 thon* i illustrutotl uuutin outtuhousing inf-losing u pltuulit'i ot' hing ti. (iiuposerl:1diuront to out*v unothvr. tht* hins boing provitltwl with u suituhlt*rouunon roof intunlwr T :intl huving u long thoir i'Our UntiS :t truck\\':t v hot wht-ti tht* rui-ls il ot' which un opening' 10 ispx-twitlotl. tht* trurkwuy S boing pro- \'itlt* l to :ut'ouiutotlutuu luitul ltcoal Currier ll h muuu oi' whirh tht* 'cotti is ctuiitltl t0tht*l hit, lluth ol tht* bins t3 is piotidd with :1 .utpply tout such:ts the spiral chute 1; ot .\t;tntl:u'tl t-onstruttion con'imtuucatin :tChutt* 12. muy vonvvuivntly ho disehttrgd provision ot tht*l litt'tlios'-inl AS is woll known with tht* coul digcl'ittrged theron'wvillgrztduully Conwy the coal down to the Hoon Th(` coul curriers 11 areportions of coal of the weightrof the coal .disposed above, the same,and, furthermore,

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second 4removed from the Y l "elongated baille plate there is disposed aAt' the front- .formed a front wall member 17, in the pres Theconstruction yformin the main feature of the present invention is theprovision of the baffle plates now'to be described. The baille platesare intended to relieve the lower `p,l, decrease, if notentirelyprevent, the in of coal. Eachof t with a plurality of ba jariouseffects resultinlfrom the avalanch f e bins 6 is provided es, designatedgem l erally by the referencecharacter B, which are spaced from oneanother and disposed at different levels to o e another. These bafdesmay either ybe of the same length or of different lengths, asillustrated inthe present instance,to best snit the conditionscncountered. In the presen. .instance there is provided an upperelongated baille plate 20 which extends from a point a little rearwardlyof the middle of a bin '6 and in a ownward direction, to the cross piece18 top..' Belov1 the -short bailleA plate 21 extending 4from a pointapproximately below thclmiddleof the baille plate 20 downwardly in aforward dircctipn to the cross piece 18 disposed below the "cross pieceto which the baille plate 20 extends. Below the short baille plate 21.there is another similar inylength and position to the baille -plate20and extending forwardly to a cross pie 18 disposed below the bailleplate 2,1. Below, the baille plate 22 there is again a short bailleplate 23, similar to the bal'llle plate 21,"which extends rearwardly -tothe cross piece 18 (-lisposedbelow-the AbaflleplateI 22, and below thebaille plate 23 there 1s another elongated baille plate 24 and a 'shortbaille plate 25,- similar to the baille plates 22 and23, respectively,and `also extel'ijdiinbl for` wardly to cross pieces 18 disposed belowone another. Below the baille plate 25 there is theloor member 26, whichextends from 'a point a little above the bottom 1 5 and a littleforwardly of the front end of the floor member 13 downwardly to thelowermost cross piece 18 at the front of the bin 6. Between the rear endof the floor member 26 and the -front end ol the floor member 113 vthereis provided a doorway which may be `bers 13 and 26 ber "17, in the iofwhich terminate in eloligatcd baille plate. 22 'the middle of the chuteE;

Leagues ed on the floor member 13 is to be removed,

the door 27 is opened, a coal conveyor 29 moved underneath the oieningformed between the screen 28 an floor member 13 whereby the bettergrades of large coal slide froml the floor member 13 'against the screen28 and then are dccctcd into 29, while the fine coal and coal dust willdrop through the screen 28 and not be dis charged into the conveyor42f). '.heballleplates 2O to 25 inclusive and the floor inempreferablyare disposed at a double angle relative to the lront walln|empresentdnstance the saine being inclined downwardly from right toleft looking; at the front of the apparatus as shownlby the line 20showingr the upper edges of such' bellies and downwardly in a forwarddirection, as clearly illustrated in Figs, l and 3. The-inclination ofthe bailleplates and floor members is preferably greater than thenatural repose inclination of a pile of coal.

`o r' removing the coal that may collect on the baille-plates20 to 25inclusive and the floor member 26 the door members 19 will the conveyei" be opened and the coal then discharged into the chute E havingthis staggered manually inclined baille-plates 30 and 31, to retardandbreak the forceofjthe face of the coal,

ends of which are disposed adjacent to the several cross-pieces 18, andthe lower ends a line approximatel),r downwardly inclined partitions 31,the upper ends of which are secured to the front wall 32 of the chute E,and the lower ends of which extend toa point approximately the middle ofthe distance between the lower ends of the two, adjacent rear partitions30.

The doors 19, as illustrated in Fig.' 2,'yare ,each provided with alever 33 which is pivotally connected to a bracket 34 'disposed adjacentto a door 19 and having aslottedportion engaging and cooperating withthe pin 36 secured to the door 19. By means of these levers 33 theseveral doors may independently of one another be opened. v

The operationeel the foregoing apparatus is substantially as follows:The coal is fed to the several bins 6 by means ofthe coal conveyors 11which discharge the coal onto the several spiral chutes 12, which spiralchutes 12 in turn discharge the coal into the bins 6, piling the sametherein, first to cover 'lao and the front lll tlufloor member lll andthen the lloor member 2li, and so lon upwardly 'so that the severallmllles will eat'h curry iL port-iolrof the coal. ln this wayl il willbe Seen that the lower por! ione olE coul will. be relieved Ol' thewright it the eoal disposed above the saine when the coal is beingsupplied to the bins lrel'erablyv1 olf' course, the doors 27 and lil nill be einst-tl. Aller the bine have been lillml and il then desired toremove the coal, it will then he desirable to. start the rulnoralol'fthe coal at the top. In other words, when remmingithe l'irst load ofCoal the ul'ipern'iost doors i9 will lirst be Opened -while thtl othersare still closed, whereupon the (foal that is disposed on the baille:'20 and rearwardly thereot will flow Yfrom the Same into the elme E,the coal passing down the that@ ll by thawing;l jtroni the severalpartitions l to the partitions 3l and-back again. to the partitions 30untilthe same reaches the loiret-mit partition. 37, from which it willbe iliszehareed into any Suitable coal re- -eeplai-le, such as the coalconveyer 38.' After the roal has been removed from all of the balliesand the floor member 2li, and it may then be desired to remove thecoaldrom the tloor member 18 as already explained, the door-27 may thenbe' opened and coal new from the hoor member 13 to thesereen 28 and theninto the conveyor 29.

v 'lt will he seen from the foregoing' that as vthe coal tlows tromv the.several baiiles, it

will not rub up against the portions or heaps oi' coal above the same;that furthermore the coal will not be subjected tothe inju rionsaralanehinp; effect which is partienlarly disastrone when. coal flowsdown from a very high pile oi eoalyand that .still furthermore the lowerportions oi eoal will not be subjected to the enori'nous strainotsupport ing all oi" the upper portions ot' Coal.

The embodiment illustrated in Fig. 3 compriees essentially a main outerhousing 5 inelohing a. plurality otbins G similar to the mnlaidimenlillustrated in Fig. L the bins. beinen provided with a suitable commonroof member 7 and having along their rear ends a traekway S toaccommodate a coal Carrier 1l. between the rails 9 ot which an opening10 is provided. Each of the bins 6 in the present embodiment is providedwithY a chute 40, liavingrthe inwardly .in clined staggered bailleplates 5P. 'And suoli rhute'l() extends.down to an iuc'lined'i'ifmrmember 2l exiemfling from the rear wall. 14; 'of a bin approximately `tothe middle ot' thebottom 15 (hereof, `an l*at a `greater n n- ;le thanthe natu `al repose iiielimition ot' the eoal. By menne ot' theretardation and ba'llling ol the "falling unal in its passage by'gravity down the rhule l0.- as is well l'cn'own in the art. the Coalwill be piled up in the bins 5 with very little it any injury to thecoal.

might to lett looking at the front of the'bine4 The i'ront of each thebins G provided with a front wall member 17 similar tothe wall member 17ot the embodiment illustrated in Fig. l, which wall i'neinber 17Vtoi-uis a closure for but. one-halt -side ot each lbin. the other haltbeing equipped with the coal discharging means l),

The ehute 2l() aforesaid, together with the diedi-arge means and'coalbattle-plate about to be described ot the present embodiment, form themain variations from the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1. Theballie-plate ot the present embodiment, designated generally by Bcomprises essentially an upper baille. plateg-ll which extends from apoint substantially the middle of' the bin G', and is inclined towardwhat is the front of: FigA 3, as indicated by the rear 'eide line 20 ofthe baiefpiates then forwardly in a down.- 'ward direction through andbeyond the vail member 17 to the vertical partition 432 formed betweenthe discharging chutes 13 and 44. Below the baliloplate 41,-and sub*stautia-lly parallel thereto, there is formed an auxiliary baille-platewhich begins a little rearwardly ofthe bathe-plate 41 and terminates alittle forwardly of the rear end ot the baiie plate 4l. Below thebaie-plate 4L spaced apart from, but in alinement with. and thereforesubstantially forming a continuation ot, the bathe-plate 45, is dis-lposed the baHie-plate 4K6 which extends parallelwith the batlie plate l1and through the wall members 17 to the verticalpartition at? formedbetween therdischarging chutes 44e and 48. Below the auxiliary batlieplate 45 and parallel thereto. there isformed an auxiliary battle plate49 beginning' a little.

rearwardly ot the rear end of the bailie plate '.45 and terminating' alittle rearwardly or" the front end of the baiile plate 45.- Below thebaille plate lli spaced from, but in alinement with, and thereforesubstantially forming a continua-tion of, theauxiliary baille plate ELthere is Jformed the loor member 50 which extends to the wall mem' bei'1T and constitutes the rear 1wall member oi the Chute 4S.

The baliie plates el, 5, 4G, if) and floor members 13 andO all have adouble incli nation similar to the ballie plates 20 to 25 inclusive ofthel embodiment 'ilhlstrated fin Fig. l. that is. incliningirdownwardly'from il@downwardly from the real-to the front ot' the bins6', and at an inclination greater than lhe'natural repose inclination ofcoal, as indicated bythe line 20'.:

The rear end ot the tloor member 50 iS:`

disposed a litt-le Jforwardly of the 'front end nl' lhe'llooimember 1?/between whichthere islormed a doorway provided in the present. Instant-ewith the sliding door 27. Below the sliding door 27 and substantiallyparallel thereto is formed the screen 28'. The

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r-e-eeiring the coal es it plurality @E plurality El E' binntion of e,loin having an opening in one side; u means for discharging coal intothe hin nt n perl; remote from saliti eide; zt floor member in the binslopingr lfronx the part in which' coul is diselmrgerfl to :inintermediate perl', el tile bin; zi second lloor member slop ing to Suidopening :md having its upper enrl rliepoemrl neer and higher 'than-thelower enel olf the lil 5t named Hoor member; und :L dem' previilmlbetween tlie lower enti of the liret inlined iloor member and 'tileupper enti ell' the Second floor n'iember.

5i A. coul :storage apparatus comprising a plurality of bins, u spiralChute et the en-v trance tol eaeli bin for receiving the coal to supplythe 5eme to the bin, L staggered chute et the (liselmrgre end of euehbin for receiving tile eenl. d sehergetl from the sanne, and n.plurality bini. disposed in each bin for reeelving the eonl es it iSsupplied by the iii-el nliofle tl elly te relieve the lower 'theweightol the upper per one eeel el poulains elf' f v nd te protect thecoal from elle 'l (Ene to avalaneliing.

ce.; Q up *entuscemprising nl ity olt laire; zi spiral chute at theezltra; l to eeen i fer receiving the suelto .mppy time seme to lillebin, a staggered chiite zit-tire clieiljirge end of each bin forrece1ving the coal disei ergefl plurality of' bellies disge'sexl in eachloin for :is supplied. by the spiral thereby to relieve the lowerportions of eozil of the weight of thejupper portions oft' coal and toprotect the Goal from the serious injuries clue te avelzmeliing, andfloors disposed edi-teem to eeeli balle and cooper-al' g between the andthe lante for 'clieeliarging the esel, from the iie'iles to the chuteimflepenrlently ef one anagpparatis eoniprissig e ira?. chute et the eny meh/ing the coal te ply the smnete gie ig staggered chute .fit heiieeliarge end ef'f each bin for reeeiv ing the coul. discharged fromthe Same, a liales; iposed in each loin for the eonl es it is suppliedby the to relieve the lower porstorage i ,im :5p

" er L reserving: Spiral. chute thereby v 'tiene ef enel. of the Weightof the upper portions of' coal and protect the coal from elle seriousinjuries due to avalenelfii'ng, a, of doors one aflgaeent to each lofile7 ariel levers from the same, a'

lfer eetnting said doors' so that the doors may be actuated'independently of'one another.

l1. A coal storage apparatus, means for supplying coal thereto, .aplurality ot' bullies disposed. in Suid apparatus and positioned toreceive the coal from Suid. Supplying means, there beinlgu discharge endplete for each of said bullies, the ends el' the bullies. re moved fromllie supplying ine-mis coperating willi the discharge ends to permit thedischarge olf coni freni tile lieliiea, the liinliies being disposed ntelonble :ingle of' ineliii tien ineli'iingr (lownn'nrtlly 'lrmn me Sidete the other und also from (lie supplying means :lmvnwnrrlly toward thedischarge end.

l2. 1'\ eouljstorage :qmail-Mus, means for supplying coul thereto, n.plurality el lief-- fles; disposed in saliti apparatus und positioned toreceive the zoal from titi supply` ing meansy there living; n lisenznt,A 'lor mieli of Enid lmllles7 the ends; e fire bei lies removed fromllie Supplying mezns eoopernling willi the liseixnrgge ende to 'permitthe liSe'nu'ge ol' anni from elle baliee, til bullies, being" i mend etu double rw inclination inczlii'iiiggr f l -vr xwur flly f side to theother :mil l o from tir? ing;u 'means ilon-nvmrf y towerehnrge enfl,vthe. :ingle olf' inclination of Seial belles beingT greater than thenatural repose inclination of the coni.

1 3. A. coal storage apparatus having; :i supply opening ut one end nmla discharge :1t the opposite end thereof, :L plurality of millesdisposed in seid apparatus of 'verying length in position to rece-ivethe coal from said supply opening and cooperating with the discharge topermit the 'iselmrge or' the coal from Such discharge, the baille@extending to Said rliselmrge.

'14. A eoei Storage apparet@ supply opening et one end and a. leenerg.,:it tlie`o1iposite enel tliereef5 a plural battles disposed in seidapparatus e vary ing length in position to receive: tile Geel from Saidsupply opening and eoperet'ing 'with the diriehnrge to permit theiseimrge of the coal from such discharge, the several liillleslie'ii'igof liferent lengths to liest Suit the renditions eneozmtererland extending to the discharge.' MS.

